Chapter 258

Torrential rain, shattered rocks, thick mud, dense smoke.

These were the last images Evadne saw before her consciousness slipped away, almost in despair.

But with her last bit of strength, just before disaster struck, she pushed the climber to safety.

Even if there was only a sliver of hope, she wanted her to survive.

If she wasn’t prepared for the danger, she didn’t deserve to be in that outfit and show up in that place. She wasn’t afraid to die. As long as her death had meaning, her journey through this tumultuous world wouldn’t be in vain.

She wasn’t always this brave. Even the thought of death or the memory of her father and her stepmothers taking her for a vaccination would make her cry and cause a fuss. She was just a little girl with a flair for the dramatic.

But then at eleven, she met him here.

His bravery, his resilience, his eyes that guided her like a lighthouse in the deep sea, his willingness to live and die with her despite their fleeting encounter, deeply moved her soul.

She realized for the first time that a person could live this way, burning and blooming for themselves.

Even after she married him and even after he hurt her, she had to admit that.

Thaddeus changed her. He changed her life.

Time passed, stars shifted.

Everything happened so fast, like an avalanche!

Evadne had a long and surreal dream during her brief unconsciousness.

She dreamed of playing under her parents‘ knees, her brothers celebrating her birthday with her.

Cassius hoisted her atop a pile of gift boxes, Arnold sang a slightly off–key Happy Birthday, Bennett held the birthday cake as they blew out the candles together, and Elvis gave her the toy gun she had always wanted.

And Thaddeus.

She remembered fighting alongside him on the battlefield, their lives hanging in the balance.

She remembered the first time she saw him again at her grandfather’s side and how she couldn’t take her eyes off him.

pushing the divorce papers towards her, forcing her to leave with his

piercing pain erupted from her heart,

been drowning. Hot sweat and cold rain alternated, making her shiver uncontrollably. “I’m still alive? I’m still

her eyes

about that bastard, if it wasn’t for the memory of the hurt he caused her, she

as soon as she woke up, Evadne

herself washed up somewhere by the

body was half–buried in

luck, bad

teeth, “I can’t die. I absolutely can’t die! What would happen to Emeric if I die? What about my brothers?” Since God gave her a chance to live, it meant that her life wasn’t meant to end! Her fate was in

Crack!

branch above her head made

breathe, fearing that if she took one more

with her hands, then found two rocks she could use to climb, and quickly

she jumped onto the rocks, the branch above her head

into the deep cliff

to jump out of her

no time to be scared. She could only try her

night had fallen

cold rain hit her eyes, blurring her vision, and her hands were red from

thing that kept her climbing was her strong will and desire

passed away early, and she was raised by her three stepmothers. When she was young, Aviana often accompanied her to box, ride

it was proving to

reach the top of the mountain, a strong vibration came from below, followed by a

roll down, another

do so many good deeds, donate so much money and

the rock under Evadne’s foot fell, and she

“No! Help!”

wide in horror, a sense of despair overwhelming

edge of the cliff, and what awaited her was a hopeless

of Evadne’s eye, and

her wrist, pulling her back from the brink of death. Feeling her fall suddenly stop, Evadne slowly opened her

as bright as the

“Thaddeus?”

a

uncontrollably against her

be scared!

panic, joy, heartache, all emotions mixed together, capturing

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